Founded in 1975
The Iowa Scottish Pipes and Drums are based in Des Moines, IA, and were founded originally from the membership of the Iowa Scottish Heritage Society in 1975. Over the last thirty years the band has played for many high profile events, including the Archbishop of Canterbury's visit to Iowa, the Inaugural Ball for the Governor of Iowa, the World Scottish Festival in Montreal and the Victorian Society national convention. In 2011 and again in 2015, a small group of ISP&D members played at the Capitol for the newly inaugurated Governor of Iowa's Open House.
Thanks to the continued interest in the group, the band hopes to keep going for another half century and beyond.
Iowa Scottish has had the honor of opening for two nationally touring acts (Rod Stewart and Gaelic Storm) and as well as opening for several concerts sponsored by the Celtic Music Association of Des Moines.
The band rehearses Thursday evenings at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Des Moines
We play at a variety of events.
Parades, concerts, weddings, funerals — the band performs at private and public events including St. Patrick’s Day, the Corpus Christi Progression, the 4 Seasons Festival in Polk City, the Beaverdale Fall Festival parade and the Scottish Heritage Society’s St. Andrew’s banquet.